Queer Cantopop icon and Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Denise Ho is the subject of the new documentary Denise Ho – Becoming the Song directed by Sue Williams. The documentary will world premiere on June 26 at Frameline Film Festival and open July 1 in multiple virtual cinemas.
The premiere North American LGBTQ film festivals: Frameline (San Francisco), Inside Out (Toronto), NewFest (NYC), and Outfest (Los Angeles), today announced their commitment to supporting LGBTQ film and filmmakers across their markets through the formation of NAQFA: the North American Queer Festival Alliance. This alliance will work collaboratively to produce, present and expand initiatives and programming while offering support to the LGBTQ film festival sector in the US and Canada. The announcement was made today by the Executive Directors of each festival, James Woolley of Frameline, Andria Wilson of Inside Out, David Hatkoff of NewFest and Damien S. Navarro of Outfest.
Kandoo Films, the Los Angeles based full-service production and distribution company that focuses on emerging new artists will release two new indie films for first-time film directors – Michael Leoni (American Street Kid) and Drew Hale (Cut and Chop), as part of his Emerging Artist program.
The South Korean coming-of-age drama House of Hummingbird directed by Bora Kim which won the award for Best International Narrative Feature at Tribeca Film Festival will open nationwide in Virtual Cinemas on Friday June 26. The film will open in NYC at Film at Lincoln Center; and in LA at Laemmle Theatres and CGV Cinemas.
In response to the COVID-19 global pandemic, which resulted in UK cinemas closing on March 20, British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) announced temporary changes to its film eligibility rules for the EE British Academy Film Awards for 2021.
With a program lineup that travels the globe from Ireland to Argentina to Kazakhstan, the 48th edition of the Dance on Camera Festival, running July 17-20, 2020, will be presented digitally for the first time,
Onur Tukel’s provocative new film Black Magic for White Boys comes to VOD/digital on July 3. The film stars Ronald Guttman (The Hunt for Red October), Onur Tukel (Catfight, Applesauce), Lou Jay Taylor, Charlie LaRose (7 Chinese Brothers), Eva Dorrepaal (Catfight), Leah Shore, Brendan Miller (TNT’s Animal Kingdom), Brian W. Smith (Shwabby Run)
And She Could Be Next, a two-part documentary series, chronicles the story of a defiant movement of Latinx women, including Los Angeles-based Maria Elena Durazo and El Paso-based Veronica Escobar, along with other women of color who are transforming American politics from the ground up.
Philippe Faucon, Cesar Award-winning director of Fatima, directs Proud, the three-part episodic on a French family spanning generations…each episode focusing on a crucial moment for LGBTQ rights. Starring Stanislas Nordey, Samuel Theis, Frédéric Pierrot, Chiara Mastroianni, Proud opens in virtual cinema starting Friday June 19, in select cities though Kino Marquee.
Four Japanese orphans team up to form a rock band in We Are Little Zombies directed by Makoto Nagahisa that World Premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, and won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Originality. The film which also won a Crystal Bear – Special Mention at Berlin International Film Festival hits virtual cinemas and live cinemas and VOD July 10th. We Are Little Zombies stars Keita Ninomiya, Mondo Okumura, Satoshi Mizuno, and Sena Nakajima.
The 12th Annual Robert Classic French Film Festival, produced by Cinema St. Louis (CSL), celebrates St. Louis’ Gallic heritage and France’s extraordinary cinematic legacy from July 17-23. Because of the Covid-19 health crisis, the fest will be presented virtually this year.
Arena Cinelounge Sunset, Hollywood’s acclaimed home for arthouse, genre, and independent cinema, announced today that it will be the first physical movie theater in Los Angeles to re-open on Friday, June 19, 2020 with special engagements of classic BAFTA and Independent Spirit Award winner The Unbearable Lightness of Being and the 2020 festival winner Babyteeth starring Ben Mendelsohn.